Best and worst thing about working in immigration?

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Best: work/life balance
Worst: having to babysit clients to send the goddamn documents I need to file

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If you're an business immigration attorney,
Best: No billables (not sure if everyone is the same but I don't have billables which makes life a hella lot easier)
Worst: Cap season

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Best: fulfilling nature of the work

Worst: limited big law opportunities

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I’m
Trying to move to a bigger firm (think V50) but opportunities are few and far between

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Best: seeing the impact my work has on the lives of my clients, and getting to know them.

Worst: language barriers and unfortunate low education levels that make it difficult to work with clients.

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